The irony of this article when it comes to TMer's is that as a group TMer's are too much out of their bodies and entrenched in mental concepts.
--- Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://homepage.mac.com/vajranatha/FileSharing2.html > > > Tasting Your Way to Infinity. Part 1. The Feeling > of Body, Mind, and > Spirit. > > Sally Kempton > > > For twenty years, Sally Kempton was one of the > foremost teaching monks > of Siddha Yoga meditation, teaching under her > monastic name of Swami > Durgananda. She studied under Swami Muktananda for > eight years and was > a senior teacher under his successor, Gurumayi > Chidvilasananda. In 2002 > she lay aside her monastic robes, with Gurumayi's > blessing, to begin a > new phase of her teaching work. Although still > drawing on the many > gifts of the Siddha Yoga tradition, Sally is > creating a fresh > perspective on the heart of the spiritual journey, > as it exists on any > path. > > Consider, if you will, the following thought > experiment: if spiritual > practice involves going beyond thoughts, is the goal > of meditation to > actually "lose your mind?" And if "losing your > mind," or the ability to > suspend thought, is the hallmark of successful > practice, then does that > make whatever feelings remain somehow "spiritual?" > > In this dialogue, Ken and Sally explore the > anti-intellectual bias > common to meditation practitioners (and teachers) > and the myth that > genuine spirituality involves getting rid of > thoughts. They suggest > that every thought has a feeling space and the real > trouble is not > thought itself, but the inability to feel thought as > a direct, > vibratory manifestation of pure Spirit. > > Together, they refute the idea that simply feeling > or "being in" the > body is innately "spiritual," and instead suggest > that there are at > least two different kinds of feeling. Their > conversation builds upon > the notion that the body has feelings (or > sensations), the mind has > thoughts, and spirit has intuition. The real > question?what is it that > actually feels feelings, as well as thoughts, > intuition, and the > texture of all that is arising, including the > self-contraction??brings > into fluorescence the critical distinction between > feeling and Feeling, > or that which is merely the object of awareness and > Awareness itself. > > The idea that we must somehow rid ourselves of the > self-contraction is > an impediment to deep spiritual practice, and Ken > and Sally discuss > Feeling (as contrasted with feeling) as the > foundation for Liberation > as an always-already present capacity. When it is > recognized that that > which Feels the ego, or the self-contraction, is > actually egoless, the > fundamental seeking impulse is undone. Feeling fully > the texture of all > that is arising without judgment or aversion, we > simply and > effortlessly taste our Self. > > In closing, Ken and Sally discuss the role of > Integral Spiritual > Center and the opportunities for the > "cross-pollination" between > spiritual traditions it will provide and promote. > Never before has a > group of such diverse and accomplished spiritual > teachers met together > to "lock themselves up in a room for a weekend"?not > as teachers > teaching students, but as teachers teaching > teachers?with the intent to > share traditions, test one another's understanding, > and sift the wheat > from the chaff in order to arrive at a sense of an > authentically > Integral Spirituality, in any tradition. > > We hope you enjoy this illuminating dialogue with > one of the most > deceptively profound teachers we have the privilege > of calling > friend.... > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
